Piet Mondrian
Artist
Arnold Newman
(American, 1918 - 2006)
Date1942; printed 1980
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (32.39 x 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1991
InscribedSignature
Signed (c) Arnold Newman in artist's hand
"(c) Arnold Newman"
Front of print, LR
Artist's Stamp
Verso
Titled/Dated
Signed (c) Arnold Newman in artist's hand
1942
"Piet Mondrian 1942"
Front of Print, LL
Copyright
Signed in artist's hand
(c) Arnold Newman
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, May 2 - June 13, 1982, no cat.
New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.
Faces: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 16 - October 21, 1984, no. 52.
Twentieth-Century Photographers: Selections from the HPC. Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, March 28 - April 27, 1996, no cat.
In the Public Eye: Photography and Fame. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 8 - June 15, 2008, no cat.
The Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was a proponent of De Stijl, an art movement which advocated of the use of pure abstraction as a means of conveying harmony and order. Mondrian's mature paintings employed grids of black lines and primary colors.
Light Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Light Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1980;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Light Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1980;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Estate of Arnold Newman
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